Weed-resisting fish lure



Nov. 15, 1938. T. E. scHNABEL WEED RESISTING FISH LUBE Filed April 28, 193s' Sch/mhd. (am

Patented Nov. 15, 1938 Theodore E. Schnabel, Detroit, Mich.

Application April 28, 1938, Serial No. 204,724

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'Ihe art of creating, manufacturing, and marketing artiiicial iish bait is ever undergoing developrnent, and inventors and engineers alike have flo@ ` devoted much effort in the 4attempt to produce a satisfactory bait that would resist weeds and undergro'wth such as is characteristic to fishing waters, but it appears that in the present period it is not within the scope of the so-called weedless baits", to accomplish this purpose.

Realizing this urgent need, I have devised and perfected a iish'lure thatl is so constructed and possesses such qualities as to place it in tlrst position as a weed-resisting lure, and in my opinion the weed-resisting qualities of my lure is as near 100 per cent, or in other wordsperfect as it will ever be possible to accomplish, and to this end I pride myself in fulfilling an important requirement in this outstanding industry.

With the foregoing in mind,v it will become readily apparent that the invention possesses further advantages, all of which will be clearly revealed during the course of the following detailed description, illustrated throughout the accompanying drawing, and more fully pointed out in the appended claim. With reference to the drawing:-

Figure lv is a top plan view of the complete lure; and Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is'a top plan view of a modiiied form of the complete lure. i

Figure 4 is a longitudinal section of the rear portion of the lure through the center thereof, and showing the hooks in a normal position.

Figure 5 is a similar view to that indicated in Figure 4, but showing the position.

Figure 6 is a transverse section taken upon line VI-VIof Figure 4; and Figure 'I is a similar view taken upon line VII-VII of Figure 5. Y

Figures 6 and 7 show a partial view of the body of' the lure.

The invention comprises an elongated body I preferably round in cross section but may consist of any `suitable formation of a material equal to sponge rubber being adapted to float.

The greater portion of the exterior of `body I is finished so as to be representative of -the sealy body of a fish, and portion 2 of the exterior`surface is designed so as to berepresentative of the head of a fish for obvious reasons. i

The customary line 3 is secured to eyelet I with washer 5 where indicated. Rod Sis provided and eyelet 4 is formed upon one end thereof and said rod passes through' the longitudinal axis of hoolrs in an extended body I as in Figures 4 and 5, normally remains in this position. l

4Still referring to Figures 4 and 5 it is clear that rod 1 is provided and has eyelet l upon one end thereof, and the opposite end of said rod terminat- 5 ing to conventional hooks 9 as indicated. Weight I is fixed with rod 6 where shown so as to counterbalance the device thus retaining the same in an upright position as in Figure2.

Rod 1 is `snfiaiuy secured to rod s by virtue iov of eyelet 8 upon the first-named rod, and the outstanding advantage of this particular form of construction is the fact that due to body I being composed of soft rubber, and as the fish strikes hooks 9 in the position as indicated in Figure 4 the rubber at this part of said body will readily yield thereby exposing the .barb of said hooks and instantly engaging or catching the mouth of the fish, and simultaneous with this action it is only natural that when the fish once'caught it will pull in the direction from the bait thereby moving rod 'I to the position as shown in Figure 5. Eyelet I2 is provided upon one end of rod 8 so as to form a suitable stop for the action of rod 1.

In Figure 4 lt will be noted that horizontally disposed passage I3 within the rear portion of body I is of greater diametrical proportionl than that of eyelet 8 so that the rubber ofbody I will exert a pressure upon said eyelet inthe normal yposition of hooks 9 as in Figure 4, and the extended position of said hooks as in Figure 5. In this manner a braking force is constantly exerted upon eyelet I2 at all times in view of the yieldable nature of the material in body I, consequently hooks 9 `will not change from the position as shown in Figure 4 until at such time .when attacked by a iish, and will likewisev remain in the position as shown in Figure until the fish is dismembered from the hooks whereupon they are manually returned to their normal position in Figure 4.

With particular reference to Figure 3 the modifled form of the invention discloses an arcuate formation of body I, however the operation and advantages of the lure are identical with those of the major form. 45

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new isz- In a fish lure a body composed of a resilient, yieldable, oating material, said body having in combination a series of shing hooks, a rod extending longitudinally through the center of said body, means upon one end ofsaid rod for securing a towing line thereto, counterbalancing means secured to said rod and within said body; an additional rod, an eyelet upon one end of the 2 mesma last-,named rod, said eyelet slidably engaging the first-named rod, a passage extending through the real-'portion of said body and horizontally within the same, said eyelet moveable within saidpassage, aforesaid body material constituting means whereby a braking pressure'is continually exerted upon said eyelet for retaining aforesaid hooks in contact with said body and also in an ext'ended position with respect to same, and means upon the rear portion of said body for guarding said hooks when they are in contact with said body from engagement with weeds and undergrowth. 5

THEODORE E. SCHNABEL. 

